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Shipping and Port Control
(Amendment) Bill 1982
To contain the growth of, and to control, dwelling boats in typhoon shelters,
After reconsidering ExCo's advice that
(a) D of M be empowered,
without recourse to the courts, to remove unlicensed dwelling vessels from controlled
areas;
(b) control be extended
to all typhoon shelters at the same time; and
(c) the Regulations be
submitted for approval after enactment of the Bill
a Working Party concluded that
(i)
D of M should be
further empowered to evict people on board unlicensed vessels before removing the latter from controlled
areas;
(ii) as the necessary
resources for assuming simultaneous control of all typhoon shelters could only be acquired after two years, the control measures should be implemented in phases
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To re-submit proposals to FxCo and to amend the Bill in accordance with ExCo's advice.
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